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  • NFL kickoff show falls short at Gillette (Kanye West LOUDLY Booed)

    09/09/2005 5:25:56 AM PDT · by schaketo · 120 replies · 4,750+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | September 9, 2005 | Steve Morse
    FOXBOROUGH -- Green Day played a long set when it headlined in front of 40,000-plus fans at Gillette Stadium last Saturday. Last night, the group did just one song and it was a safe choice: ''Boulevard of Broken Dreams," though it wasn't perhaps the most cheerful track to spice a pre-game show featuring the unveiling of another championship banner for the New England Patriots. It also was curious to see Green Day wedged into a small, hideaway end-zone stage (Elton John was put on the same stage at last year's pre-game show but at least was allowed to do two...
  • Jay-Z Backs Kanye's Bush Comments [President doesn't care about black people]

    09/06/2005 10:30:39 PM PDT · by freedom44 · 49 replies · 2,148+ views
    Billboard ^ | 9/7/05 | Billboard
    Rap mogul Jay-Z is standing behind Def Jam colleague Kanye West in the wake of the latter's comments during Friday's telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina. As previously reported, West declared that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" and that America is set up "to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible." "I'm backing Kanye 100%," Jay-Z tells Billboard by phone from London. "This is America. You should be able to say what you want to say. We have freedom of speech." Jay-Z admits he shares some of West's views about the...